Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige, IPA: /trenˈti(ː)noˈaltoˈa(ː)didʒe/; German: Trentino-Südtirol;; Ladin: Trentin-Adesc Aut or Trentin-Südtirol, is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. It consists of two provinces: Trento and Bolzano-Bozen. The region was part of Austria-Hungary (and its predecessor, the Austrian Empire) from 1389 until its annexation by Italy in 1919. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is re... more

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige, IPA: /trenˈti(ː)noˈaltoˈa(ː)didʒe/; German: Trentino-Südtirol;; Ladin: Trentin-Adesc Aut or Trentin-Südtirol, is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. It consists of two provinces: Trento and Bolzano-Bozen. The region was part of Austria-Hungary (and its predecessor, the Austrian Empire) from 1389 until its annexation by Italy in 1919. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino. In English, the region is also known as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige. The region is bordered by Tyrol (Austria) to the north, by Graubünden (Switzerland) to the north-west and by the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto to the west and south, respectively. It covers 13,607 km² (5,253 sq mi). It is extremely mountainous, covering a large part of the Dolomites and the southern Alps. The Autonomous Province of Bolzano has an area of 7,400 km2, all of it... less